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• Mongolia  is the second-largest  largest landlocked country in the world
• Khazashtan (Asia) is the largest landlocked country in the world

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Caliphate Era

Abu Bakr – 11–13 Hijri/ A.D. 632–634

Umar ibn al-Khattab – 13–23 Hijri / A.D. 634–644

Uthman ibn ‘Affan – 23–35 Hijri / A.D. 644–656

Ali ibn Abi-Talib – 35–40 Hijri / A.D. 656–66

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Aluminum is the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust, and the third most abundant element therein, after oxygen and silicon.

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The minke whale, or lesser rorqual, is a species complex of baleen whale.

The two species of minke whale are the common minke whale and the Antarctic minke whale. 

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Earth is closest to the sun every year in early January when it's winter for the Northern Hemisphere.

21/22 December is the longest night (Solstice)

21 June Longest Day

21 March and 23sept equal day and night.

In Nairobi (Libya) equal day and night happen.

When earth is closer to sun it is month of January and this process is known as Perihelion. (means shortest distance b/w earth and sun)

NOTE: it does not mean, Earth And Sun Come close in the Month of June and the Hottest days occur.  [Misconception]

When earth is away from the sun it is month of June and this process is known as Aphelion. (Means, longest distance b/w earth and sun)

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Faiz Ahmad Faiz is also the author of Urdu and Punjabi literature.

He was the first Asian poet to be awarded the Lenin Peace Prize (1962) by the Soviet Union 

Born: February 13, 1911, Narowal

Died: November 20, 1984, in Lahore

Awards:

• Lenin Peace Prize
• Nishan-e-Imtiaz
• Nigar Awards
• Avicenna Prize

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The first satellite, Sputnik 2 utilized an animal habitat and carried the dog Laika,

On 3 November 1957, the second-ever orbiting spacecraft carried the first animal into orbit, the dog Laika

Laika died during the flight

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The Nuclear Technology Center of Isfahan is a nuclear research facility that currently operates four small nuclear research reactors, all supplied by China.

It is run by the AEOI.

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It is based on a year of 12 months: Muḥarram, Ṣafar, Rabīʿ al-Awwal, Rabīʿ al-Thānī, Jumādā al-Awwal, Jumādā al-Thānī, Rajab, Shaʿbān, Ramaḍān (the month of fasting), Shawwāl, Dhū al-Qaʿdah, and Dhū al-Ḥijjah. Each month begins approximately at the time of the new moon.